Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:39
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Matt* Lucas	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
Matt* Lucas	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Ellen McIlwaine	We the People	We the People	03:23
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Joe* Glazer	A Douglas for Me	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Aarons And Ackley*	Girl I've Been Waiting	You And I	02:36
Nelson* Riddle	Moving Ahead	British Columbia Suite	02:41
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
Ellen McIlwaine	You May be All I Need	Ellen McIlwaine	04:04
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Buddy Knox	Long Lonely Nights	ST (mono)	01:42
Aarons And Ackley*	Almost Five O'Clock	You And I	00:10
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST (mono)	02:20
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:41
Aarons And Ackley*	Swanee Song	ST	02:48
Alpha Centauri	Earth in Motion	ST	04:59
Ursa Major*	Silverspoon	ST	06:16
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Unleash the Horses Boys	Ukrainian Pops	02:00
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Sidewinders	Flat Foot Hustlin'	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:16
Jack Holland	Sylvia	The Eyes of a Dreamer	03:18
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Albert Jones*	Every Little Thing That I Do	The Facts of Life	03:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Three Quarter Promenade	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Jonathan Edwards	Let the Rough Side Drag	Sailboat	03:00
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
David Amram	Alfred the Hog	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:19
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Sidewinders	Gift to the Sun	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:09
Albert Jones*	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Ellen McIlwaine	We Got Each Other	Ellen McIlwaine	03:48
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Honky Tonk Angel	04:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	We the People	03:06
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:26
Matt* Lucas	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Bukovynian Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:02
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Love Serenade	Love Serenade	06:55
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	I Want a Girl	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:04
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Jack Holland	Waco	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:39
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Cal* Bostic	That's All	Introducing...	02:31
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Fisherboys	Ukrainian Pops	03:54
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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